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   Table 12. Production Workers:  Hourly compensation costs in national currency units
             and exchange rates, 34 countries or areas, 2007


    Country or Area        Compensation costs       Exchange Rates

   Americas
   United States.............   24.59                     1.000
   Brazil....................   11.60                     1.946
   Canada....................   31.03                     1.073
   Mexico....................   31.90                     10.93

   Asia and Oceania
   Australia.................   35.96                     1.192
   Hong Kong SAR (1).........   45.09                     7.802
   Israel....................   57.48                     4.133
   Japan.....................    2326                     117.8
   Korea, Republic of........   14883                     929.0
   New Zealand...............   23.45                     1.358
   Philippines...............   51.59                     46.79
   Singapore.................   12.58                     1.507
   Sri Lanka.................   67.13                     110.6
   Taiwan....................   216.0                     32.85

   Europe
   Austria...................   25.76                     .7293
   Belgium...................   25.86                     .7293
   Czech Republic............   168.5                     20.54
   Denmark...................   230.1                     5.441
   Finland...................   24.93                     .7293
   France....................   20.84                     .7293
   Germany...................   27.46                     .7293
   Greece....................   13.15                     .7293
   Hungary...................    1465                     185.2
   Ireland...................   21.18                     .7293
   Italy.....................   20.59                     .7293
   Luxembourg................   22.32                     .7293
   Netherlands...............   24.85                     .7293
   Norway....................   284.4                     5.856
   Poland....................   17.28                     2.802
   Portugal..................    6.03                     .7293
   Spain.....................   15.30                     .7293
   Sweden....................   243.4                     6.755
   Switzerland...............   39.46                     1.200
   United Kingdom............   14.85                     .4995

   Dash means data not available.
   (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

   National currency units are: United States, dollar; Brazil, real;
   Canada, dollar; Mexico, peso; Australia, dollar; Hong Kong SAR, dollar;
   Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Republic of Korea, won; New Zealand, dollar;
   Philippines, peso; Singapore, dollar; Sri Lanka, rupee; Taiwan, dollar;
   Austria, euro; Belgium, euro; Czech Republic, koruna; Denmark, krone;
   Finland, euro; France, euro; Germany, euro; Greece, euro; Hungary, forint;
   Ireland, euro; Italy, euro; Luxembourg, euro; Netherlands, euro;
   Norway, krone; Poland, zloty; Portugal, euro; Spain, euro; Sweden, krona;
   Switzerland, franc; United Kingdom, pound.

   Note: For data for all years 1975-2007, see the supplementary tables to this
         news release at http://www.bls.gov/ilc.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.